San Francisco — A Bay area skydiving business has become the latest to ask their customers not to openly carry firearms. Barnhardt’s Skydiving Tours is following the lead of grocery chains such as Walmart, Krogers, and Safeway/Albertsons. Owner Ray Barnhardt called it a common sense move upon announcing his business decision. “If you want to…
GUTHRIE, Okla. – In late June, Stephen Jennings and Rachael Rivera were arrested when their stolen vehicle was pulled over in a routine traffic stop. The other passenger was a Timber rattlesnake caged in the back seat. Police Sgt. Anthony Gibbs (Guthrie Police Department) said they don’t know why the uranium was in the vehicle…
Conventional wisdom should dictate by now that you never ask the internet to come up with a name for anything. The British government learned this the hard way when they created an online submission and poll to name their new $300 million research vessel. The winning name? Boaty McBoatface. The British Government reneged on that…
By Amy Swearer & Lucas Drill Contrary to the rhetoric of many gun control advocates, the Second Amendment’s protection of the individual right to keep and bear arms is not a malevolent, outdated barricade to peace that must be demolished or diminished in the name of public safety. Rather, the Second Amendment is a fundamental…
Whitney Tipton Legislation to expand Indiana’s “stand your ground” law to protect self-defense shooters from civil lawsuits is awaiting the governor’s signature. H.B. 1284 extends existing Indiana “stand your ground” law, which says that if a person uses force in self-defense to defend another person or to protect property, they will not receive criminal charges. The…
The Cambridgeshire Constabulary, a United Kingdom police agency, released a poll on Facebook to remind people of the consequences of carrying a knife in public. The poll read: It didn’t take long for 2nd Amendment loving Americans to discover the poll and make waves in the comments. The entire comment section can be summed up…
Commander in Chump is at it again with a “bump stock” ban. Trump is demanding that Americans who lawfully acquired the accessories must destroy them within 90 days, or turn them in to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Reason reports: Today the Justice Department finalized its ban on bump stocks, which Acting Attorney…
by Michael Bastasch U.S. Virgin Islands Gov. Kenneth Mapp signed an emergency order allowing the seizure of private guns, ammunition, explosives and property the National Guard may need to respond to Hurricane Irma. Mapp signed the order Monday in preparation for Hurricane Irma. The order allows the Adjutant General of the Virgin Islands to seize private…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ram Jayaraman The 2nd Amendment is perhaps the most contested portion of our constitution today. Even among the astoundingly divisive platforms of conservatives and liberals, no statute possesses such a stunningly dichotomous interpretation as does the right to bear arms. And while I am neither academically acquainted with constitutional…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Caleb Coggeshall Europeans have not been shy in making known their distaste and suspicion of the number of firearms in America. Liam Neeson once lamented how many guns are in America. Others from overseas seem to scoff and roll their eyes when U.S. citizens showcase their arms and cite…